Schumacher Racing have just released a teaser image of their upcoming Mi5 electric touring car. The car made a first appearance at the Gran Canarian round of the Euro Touring Series with full information on specs as well as official pictures will become available soon.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Arrowmax introduce new aluminium spring retainers for the Xray T4 touring car. They are machined from aluminium and come strategically milled to reduce weight. Designed as a direct replacement they offer higher strength and a more precise spring support.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
T.O.P. Racing have released this optional steering crank set for the Sabre FD Mini. The new CNC-machined alloy part helps improve the steering response/precision and cornering stability over the original steering assembly. Comes complete with bearings and everything needed to convert from the original kit part.
View the mounted steering crank here
Mugen have released the MRX-5 WC-Spec version, which is the World Championship winning chassis with a number of optionals and revised parts included as standard. The kit comes with a high traction chassis, rear body mount hard, rear lower arm mount A & B, revised front suspension arms, left and right upper bulkhead as well as the lower front bulkhead. A revised front bumper, front body mount plate, rear body mount hard and the latest clutch set are also included.
View more images of the WC-Spec here
DE Racing introduce the Stopz-it engine stopper tool. The tool, disguised as a readily accessible key fob, works by either using the tip to contact the flywheel of an idling engine, or by using the plug on the side to cover the exhaust tip. Since the method of covering the exhaust can be performed at any RPM, even the runaway car with wide open throttle has finally meet its match. The tool is made from long lasting rubber and is available now.
Click here to view how the stopper is used
New from Yeah Racing come these 3.5mm brushless motor connectors. The gold-plated bullet-type connectors consist of a male and a female part with the female connector being soldered to the terminals of the motor. The single-piece design of the plugs makes for large contact area, low resistance and less heat build-up making the connector ideal for stock and modified applications alike.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
CSO introduce this aluminium lightweight layshaft clamp for the use with the CSO-1 and Xray T4 cars. The part is designed to hold the layshaft bearing so there is no need to run the respective top deck screws giving for more chassis flex and therefore faster cornering. The parts come as pair and are simply secured to the layshaft holder using two screws.
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Nosram introduce updated versions of their X-Treme Race competition LiPo battery packs. Protected by a red semi-transparent hard case the packs are build from the latest 3C chargeable cells and come in several specifications from 1S pan car over 2S shorty up to 2S saddle and regular length packs. They feature 4mm bullet-type power and 2mm balancer ports and comply with DMC, BRCA, EFRA and IFMAR rules.
Click here to view the other new batteries
